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Wherein we discuss the wonder that is TITAN QUEST (NSF56k)
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He's not, IT added him.
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Epic is like Nightmare in Diablo 2; monsters are tougher, drops are better, and the game on the whole is just more challenging. Plus, Epic is where your character really starts to come into his own, skill-wise. With normal, you're usually busy pumping points into one or two skills, or cranking up masteries. And by Legendary, your character's mostly done, save a few points here and there.
Epic's my favorite.
That's just me, though, and I don't want to ruin the first play through for anyone.
In the interests of promoting brevity, though, here are all of the quests that grant special rewards to your character:
(Very Minor Spoilers)
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
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http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.asp?mastery=Templar&master1=5&master2=9&sa=0&m1=32-0-12-0-6-1-12-8-0-0-6-12-6-0-0-0-3-3-0-8-0-0&m2=32-0-12-0-0-8-5-6-0-0-8-0-12-0-0-12-6-0-0-0-12-0
http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.asp?mastery=Druid&master1=4&master2=8&sa=0&m1=32-16-16-0-5-6-8-0-1-8-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0&m2=32-0-0-1-12-0-1-0-12-0-12-8-6-0-0-0-14-0-12-0-0
That's the only reason I'm running hybrids in the PA games... I have an absurd stockpile of equipment I can use to make them playable. I'm not doing anything lame, like wearing multiple Brimstones/Stormeyes at the lower levels, but I'm certainly not skimping on the armor. My spellbinder is sitting at 12 with the full Theban Armor set right now.
EDIT:
If you're new to the game, consider this:
Great starting classes:
The one thing each of those classes has in common is the ability to focus on pets. Pets are fantastic. Pets start off very powerful, gradually run out of steam through normal mode, and then come back very strong in Epic and Legendary.
Alternatively, you can make any of those classes a good (not great) starting class by focusing on offensive spells instead of pets.
Okay Starting Classes
All of these classes are more or less purists; they're equipment-dependent, but not to the point where it's cripplingly so. They are all extremely powerful in their own right, too. A spear-based Brigand, for example, will do more damage, hit-for-hit, than anything else in the game. He'll die if someone so much as shoots him a nasty glare, too, but he kills bosses like no other.
Classes You'd Be Nuts to Start With
The one thing all of these classes have in common is that they're hybrids. Their stats are spread very thin, making it hard to keep all the abilities at their highest, meaning it's hard to equip the best equipment (even when you have it), and meaning that the things they do all tend to be less effective than the purists, and detrimentally so.
You'll see that I left out some hybrid type builds, though. Those are the so-called synergy bombs; Warlock (Rogue/Spirit), for instance. Ternion + Arcane Lore + Mandrake is so overpowered that your team will hate playing with you, and it ranks up there with Squall spammers (in normal mode) in terms of sheer lameness. Most of the hybrids that use Dream fall into this category, too.
I mean, everyone should play what sounds good to them. I just want to give everyone a heads-up that not all characters are created equal... or viable in later difficulty modes (without a lot of work).
Edit: One thing I've noticed is that quest enemies tend to drop much better loot then random mobs, and there are a few places right outside towns where you can semi-abuse this by repeatedly restarting the game. Are those good places to farm for equipment?
http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.asp?mastery=Druid&master1=4&master2=8&sa=0&m1=32-16-16-12-0-6-8-0-1-8-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-8-0-0-0-0&m2=32-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-12-0-12-8-6-0-0-0-1-0-12-8-0-0
From what I remember, there's no way to really farm equipment aside from just clearing levels.
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First, chests can drop anything, and the quality of a chest affects the number of drops and its drop rate for higher-quality items. So for act one, Mystic Orb > Majestic > Ornate > Quality > Normal > Bone Pile.
Second, because mobs drop the items they wield, you want to fight the sort of mobs that use the items you want. If you want a bow, kill archers. If you want a staff, kill casters.
Act bosses are usually the best to farm, because they leave behind Mystic Orbs when they die.
Keep in mind, though, that each chest has a level range of items it can drop. You can't get every unique just from act bosses; there are gaps where the Mystic Orbs won't drop certain items.
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Does this mean that unique armors are usually only available from chests?
Yeah. Unique armor is the hardest thing to come by, but monsters do occasionally wear armor. Particularly the hero and champion monsters. Some of it really stands out, too, like the Obsidian set.
So who's up for a game tonight?
Anyone else?
Also, updated the OP with Earth, too.
You suck. You suck, you suck, you suck.
You must find it. Join usssssssss.
If you still have the CD key, you could always get... uh... go about other means of getting the game, and then use your legit key?
Also, what is this VENT thing? Is this the Ventrilo server? If so, I know nothing about it.
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God your dumb. The dumbest dumb whoever dumbed a dumb.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=39448
It's used by a lot of people in the PA community and the server changes occassionally, so that's a good thread to keep bookmarked.
I claimed the game on 2(Scoprions versus marmosets) channel.
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Come on, people, let's play!
Come join Morkath and I in vent. I think we're going to be getting a game started soon.
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Level 8 Druid.
Actually foods not done yet, so ill break later ot eat
The ability to play with any of us, basically. Plus IT adds a new mastery, a stash, the ability to transfer items between characters, a fourth act, and a ton of balance changes and new equipment.
Hmm, so what should I do then? I think I can save my current character and import it to IT right? But what about the save file?
When you install IT, it'll update all your characters to the expansion. You won't lose anything.
Aww, sweet!
PA // wang
Morkath and I just got to Act 2. Same game as above; you're welcome to join us.
I need the hostname or IP? I can't find it in the thread.
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We just got to Memphis and decided to call it quits. We're going to do another game tomorrow, though.
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No problem. Real life always gets in the way.
What class is it you're playing again? Earth/Spirit?
I've got a Summoner about the same level... thinking of switching it out, because I'm just not finding the Spellbinder to be to my liking right now.
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